links for 2010-01-14

Vielleicht habt Ihr die Story um OK Gos neues Musikvideo schon mitbekommen, falls nicht: Die haben einen neuen Clip bei Youtube hochgeladen und wunderten sich nach zwei Tagen, warum der nicht, wie alle ihre vorigen Videos, viral durchstartete. Woraufhin sie einen seltsamen Film posteten, in dem sie die Leute anflehten, das Ding anzuschauen. Was sie offensichtlich nicht wussten: Ihr Video war geo-geblockt, Ihr wisst schon: This video is not available in your Country.

Yesterday brought the sad news that Memphis garage rocker Jay Reatard had died at the age of 29. As the news circulated, many artists and indie music figures who knew or admired Reatard expressed their feelings about his death. Below, we've collected the thoughts of many of those people.

Täglich landet so viel Sprachmüll im Postfach unseres Autors, dass er sich Luft machen muss: Die Waschzettel der Musikpromoter sind doch absurd!

This week Epitaph and Anti were back for sale on eMusic via distributor WMG who had just finalized a deal to sell downloads there. No reason was given for the return, but eMusic and its subscribers were clearly pleased. This time the message on the Emusic blog read simply: "Epitaph and Anti return to the fold today".

Elbow have confirmed that they are in the studio recording the follow-up to their much acclaimed Mercury Music Prize- winning album 'The Seldom Seen Kid.'